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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arthur save the ship?
(a) He turns on the Improbability Drive.
(b) He never really figures out exactly how he did it.
(c) He maneuvers the ship so that the missiles collide with an asteroid.
(d) He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.

2. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?
(a) The evil people of Krikkit
(b) Betelgeuse traders
(c) Vogons
(d) Martians

3. How does Marvin get on with other robots?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He never sees any other robots.
(c) Very well sometimes
(d) He hates them.

4. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?
(a) "What can I do to help you?"
(b) "I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."
(c) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.
(d) A telephone number.

5. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?
(a) In his pain processors
(b) In the diodes of his left side
(c) In his right knee joint
(d) In his neural network

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the babel fish allow Aurthur to do?

2. What rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth?

3. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?

4. How many suns does Magrathea have?

5. What does Arthur almost run into at the end of the chapter?

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